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January The Story of a Mosquito (ss), Winsor McCay. (drawn animation, some live action) |
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February Gyula Macskássy (February 4, 1912-October 29, 1971) (director, animator) born in Budapest. (Austria-Hungary [Hungary]) Jiri Trnka (February 24, 1912-December 30, 1969) (director, animator, character designer, writer) born in Pilsen. (Austria-Hungary [Czech Republic]) |
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April John Halas (Janos Halasz) (director, animator, producer, writer) born in Budapest. (Hungary) Cinderella (ss), Arthur Collins /Empire Films. (Great Britain) |
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May Marten Toonder (May 2, 1912-July 27, 2005) (producer, director) born in Rotterdam. (Netherlands) |
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June Gerry Chiniquy (Germaine Adolph Chiniquy) (June 23, 1912-November 22, 1989) (animator, director, storyboard artist) born in Illinois. |
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July Jackson Beck (July 23, 1912-July 28, 2004) (voice actor) born in New York, New York. |
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September Emile Cohl joins Eclair Films (Fort Lee, New Jersey). Chuck Jones (Charles M. Jones, Charles Martin Jones) (September 21, 1912-February 22, 2002) (director, producer, animator, writer, character designer) born in Spokane, Washington. Frank Thomas (Franklin Thomas) (September 5, 1912-September 8, 2004) (animator, character designer, writer, voice actor) born in Santa Monica, California. |
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October Ollie Johnston (Oliver Martin Johnston, Jr.) (October 31, 1912–April 14, 2008) (animator, character designer, writer, voice actor) born in Palo Alto, California. |
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December In Gollywog Land (ss), Martin Thornton /Natural Colour Kinematograph Company. (Great Britain) (model animation, some live action, early color film) |
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no date Raoul Barré and William C. Nolan make animated advertisements to be shown in New York theaters. |
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no date Cartoons of the Moment (ss), Harry Julius. (Australia) (drawn animation) series distributed with newsreels |
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